As of Wednesday morning, power is still out for most of New Brunswick, but some buildings do have power in the blocks between College Avenue, Huntington Street, and Easton Avenue. Easton Avenue is closed north of Huntington Street (St. Peter's Hospital) due to a downed tree and power lines (image below)

A tree and power lines are also down on College Ave, near Bishop Place (image below):

(images were taken on Tuesday, as of Wednesday both trees are still there)

Two Mathematica training sessions will be held on Friday, October 12 in the Busch Campus Center room 120abc from 9:15am-10:30am and 11am-noon. Both sessions will be streamed live from http://vcenter.njvid.net and once you are there just click live video to locate the Mathematica live stream which will also have chat window for Q&A.

9:15am-10:30am Mathematica for Statistics with Wolfram|Alpha Pro

With boosted functionality in version 8, Mathematica is the strongest statistical package on the market. A coverage of Classroom applications will be given:

* Programming in Mathematica, including that which involves random number generation.

Finally, a look at Wolfram|Alpha Pro will be provided. This should be of particular interest to whose doing statistical analysis for the following reasons:

* The ability to upload spreadsheets (CSV formats) and images to W|A Pro for instant analysis

* Built-in CDF interactivity with nearly every query.

* Save your work as Mathematica, CDF, or other formats

* Use a specialized keyboard for mathematical and scientific symbols in queries.

11am-noon Mathematica for Engineering with Wolfram|Alpha Pro and Wolfram SystemModeler

It is in our Engineering disciplines that we see some of the heaviest use of Mathematica. Mathematica's stunning graphics, powerful and quick computation, and vast built-in function library make it the comprehensive choice for teaching and research in Engineering. This overview will include:

* Free-form linguistic input and coverage of point-and-click palettes for students to quickly begin with Mathematica doing interesting and involved calculations.

Also, a new product (Wolfram SystemModeler) will be highlighted for those doing system-modeling with other software. Simulink users should be particularly interested in this product. Examples in Wolfram SystemModeler will be shown that highlight its following traits:

* Component-based modeling - for testing and re-use in other places

* Multi-domain modeling - for a more robust modeling environment that can mix many different types of components into one system.

* Instant visualization - including support for CAD and other 3D objects